Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 171 is alright, I've been tortured too much.

Day 28 of the qualifiers.

8th World Zone.

With his feet on the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel, Qin Mu flew aimlessly through a city.

"Demon God, I, Blazing Sun, challenge you!"

A voice imbued with powerful telekinesis echoed through the city's ruins. After a month of fighting, even the city, entirely constructed of B9-grade alloy, was in utter devastation.

Demon! Demon! Demon!

The sound echoed through the city ruins!

Hidden in the city ruins, countless surviving powerful individuals were astonished.

"It's 'Blazing Sun'! 'Blazing Sun,' ranked second, is challenging 'Demon God,' ranked first!"

"Has someone finally challenged the 'Demon God' again?"

"I wonder if 'Blazing Sun' can defeat 'Demon God'."

"These past few days, more than ten of the top 100 on the leaderboard have died at the hands of the 'Demon God,' haven't they?"

"This is going to be interesting."

"..."

In the ruins, the hidden experts looked in the direction of the sound and saw a burly man in a long robe riding a flying shuttle-shaped telekinetic weapon. He held a shield in his left hand and a long sword in his right, while carrying a cylinder burning with raging flames on his back.

In the distance, some collapsed buildings, office buildings, and shopping malls could be vaguely seen with human figures in them. Some people who heard the noise even flew over from afar.

"It really is 'Blazing Sun,' and this 'Blazing Sun' is a top-tier spiritualist genius in the Qianwu Secret Realm."

Not only did he comprehend the fundamental laws of fire, but his weapon was also one of the nine divine weapons of the Controllers, making him extremely powerful.

"Although 'Blazing Sun' is strong, it's not in the same league as 'Demon God,' right? Yesterday, the seventh, eighth, and ninth ranked players ambushed 'Demon God' at the same time, but they were easily killed."

"You don't know this. Anyway, the qualifiers are almost over. With their points, even if they are defeated and lose half of their points, they won't be eliminated."

That's why everyone's jumping out to challenge the 'Demon God'. With the 'Demon God' around, it's impossible to get first place. Anyone who isn't first must participate in the arena battles to compete for the remaining spots.

Therefore, there's essentially no difference between second place and one thousandth place. In that case, why not challenge the 'Demon God'?

"If I had enough points, I would have liked to take on the challenge."

"..."

Upon hearing about the "Blazing Sun" challenge, many experts who had been lurking in the city ruins quickly gathered.

After Prince Fuyuan spread Qin Mu's demands, many confident and powerful martial artists and mentalists initially went to challenge him.

Unfortunately, after Qin Mu easily killed them one by one, Qin Mu's strength became known to everyone, and the title of "Demon God" truly spread.

In the last two days, the assessment has come to an end, and some strong individuals who have accumulated enough points have emerged.

Therefore, this was not the first time the powerful figures lurking in the ruins had witnessed such a challenge. They had all found their spots and were ready to watch a great battle.

Standing atop the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel, Qin Mu gazed at the 'blazing sun' in the distance and said with a smile.

Are you alone?

Hearing Qin Mu's provocative words, the usually arrogant 'Blazing Sun' did not feel insulted.

Because the 'Demon God' has that power!

Hundreds of millions of people participated in this battle of geniuses in the Qianwu Secret Realm, and millions of them entered the Eighth World Zone together!

These millions of people would be considered top geniuses in any universe.

The most outstanding geniuses among them are terrifyingly powerful, including many who have mastered the fundamental laws.

But when they faced the "demon god," they were all easily crushed.

"It's just me! I already have enough points, there's no point in accumulating any more."

Indeed, some people have invited me to gang up on you. Although I may not be as strong as you, I haven't reached the point where I need to team up with others to deal with one person.

Even if that person is your "Demon God"!

However, you should be careful after we settle our score.

If you win, some people might team up against you!

The voice of the burly man with scales and armor, "Blazing Sun," carrying a violent aura, came from afar. Which top genius wasn't arrogant and domineering?

Even the most arrogant genius will find it hard to be arrogant when facing a strong opponent who can easily crush them.

"Surround and kill me? No problem. If you want to challenge me, then make your move!"

Qin Mu shook his head, unconcerned about the so-called encirclement and assassination attempt. In the Eighth World District, there was still no one worthy of his true attention.

Hopefully, the scorching sun in front of him will put some pressure on him.

"Alright! Let's fight!"

With a low roar, the blazing sun unleashed a barrage of flaming knives, each tinged with a dark gold hue, which shot out from the cylinder ablaze on its back towards Qin Mu's location.

"A divine weapon that controls fire attributes?"

Qin Mu's eyes lit up.

Although this "Blazing Sun" looks big and burly, he is actually a mentalist, and even a mentalist who uses a divine weapon.

For a star level, the ability to use a controller's divine weapon is extremely rare.

All the divine weapons that control the wielder have nine forms. The first form alone requires a certain understanding of the fundamental laws and a strong consciousness to be able to successfully unleash them.

In the original timeline, Luo Feng defeated his opponent Feng Lun by relying on the Divine Weapon.

Once you reach the first level of the Hengxing realm, you are considered invincible among those of the same level and rank.

In many people's eyes, this is a legendary weapon.

"go!"

With a thought, Qin Mu unleashed a series of flaming flying knives from the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel of Fire.

"Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!"

The sound of repeated impacts.

Throwing knives collided wildly in the sky, creating a deafening roar.

"Unlike the Wheel of Fire of the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Wheel, the fire-attribute divine weapon used by this 'Blazing Sun' is fire and space-attribute."

Amidst the continuous sounds of collisions, Qin Mu controlled the flaming throwing knives to intercept all of the opponent's attacks.

Being able to use the Controller's Divine Weapon means that the opponent has at least stepped into the origin of the Law of Fire, and their level of mental power is not low. But if that's all they are, they pose no threat to Qin Mu.

"Is this all you're capable of? If so, you're far too weak!"

Qin Mu said without any mercy. Unlike at the beginning when he killed everyone he saw in order to quickly plunder points, Qin Mu had become much more restrained.

Because his current score is too high, several times higher than the second-place "Blazing Sun", he has already secured first place.

Therefore, Qin Mu later changed his approach to occasionally hunting down experts, and he no longer cared about killing.

These geniuses, who haven't even grasped the fundamental laws of space, but have only comprehended the domain and a single fundamental law, are still too weak for him.

"Alright, then I'll show you my true strength!"

'Blazing Sun's' expression darkened. Against ordinary geniuses, as long as they activated their master's divine weapon, they were almost all no match for them.

But against a 'demon god', it's no match.

Then, from the divine weapon controlling the blazing sun, more dark golden flame knives flew out, incorporating all their understanding of the fundamental laws of fire under the blazing sun's frenzied urging.

Three somewhat illusory, fiery blades, imbued with an explosive aura, appeared before Lie Ri.

"This is my most powerful move! Among those of the same level, no one can withstand this attack head-on!"

With a roar, Lie Ri unleashed an astonishing aura, his fiery blades hurtling towards Qin Mu like suns.

"I definitely overestimated it."

Looking at the three extremely explosive flame blades, Qin Mu shook his head and sighed.

Immediately, almost the same move appeared in front of Qin Mu, except that there were not three similar fiery blades, but a full nine.

"boom--"

"boom--"

Three deafening explosions rang out in succession. The fiery blade of light that Lie Ri had gathered with all his might was actually shattered head-on, offering no resistance whatsoever.

Even the fiery blade light transformed back into countless dark golden fiery throwing knives, scattering across the ground.

"Pfft—"

Lie Ri frantically dodged the telekinetic weapons, trying to create distance and regroup.

Unfortunately, he was still too slow.

"What's the name of your telekinetic weapon?"

He covered his neck in the blazing sun and asked with difficulty.

With each word he uttered, gushing blood flowed from his scaly arms.

"The Myriad Phenomena Wheel!"

Qin Mu said calmly.

Upon hearing Qin Mu's words, Lie Ri seemed to want to say something, but the light in his eyes gradually dimmed.

Second on the list, Liege—dead!

Seeing Lie Ri's corpse fall from the sky, Qin Mu could only sigh.

If he hadn't encountered me, this blazing sun would probably be the strongest in the Eighth World District. His strength is even greater than Luo Feng's during the preliminary rounds in the original timeline.

When Luo Feng participated in the preliminary rounds, he could only barely use the Divine Weapon, while Lie Ri was able to use it skillfully and condense three fiery blade beams at the same time.

It's a pity that this level of control was far inferior to what Qin Mu had before entering the Thick Earth World, let alone now.

"To find an opponent of the same level, the only way is probably in the final battle of the universe's overall rankings."

After easily dealing with the scorching sun, the encirclement and attack he had mentioned did not occur.

Somewhat disheartened, Qin Mu stopped looking at the other contestants and randomly chose a relatively intact building to go inside.

……

First World Zone.

Luo Feng remained calm, carrying a dark gold staff on his back and flying above the street on his Dark Cloud Shuttle.

At this moment, he was not in the city where he had first entered the preliminary world.

More than twenty days have passed, and he has killed over a thousand powerful individuals, including the city's strongest fighter, Feng Lun, whom he easily defeated, bringing his ranking down to over fifty.

Therefore, they had no choice but to go to other cities to hunt down skilled hunters.

Across the street, a dark-skinned young man with six arms appeared, standing on a purple, blade-shaped telekinetic weapon, about a hundred meters from Luo Feng.

"You 'madman,' you've finally arrived!"

The six-armed youth had a cold expression.

Unlike in the original timeline where he barely mastered the Divine Weapon, Luo Feng can now control it with ease.

In fact, he even gave up using the Sky-Piercing Shuttle for this competition, and used the Divine Weapon throughout the entire event.

After possessing the Golden Horned Beast, he gained its powerful talents, but he was also influenced by its tyrannical nature. A violent side lies hidden within his personality, but Luo Feng usually suppresses it forcefully.

In the preliminary world, Luo Feng unleashed his long-suppressed killing intent.

This made Luo Feng extremely infamous in the First World Region, and many powerful figures were killed.

"You want to challenge me? Here I come."

Luo Feng said coldly, his whole being like a blade imbued with murderous aura!

The malevolent aura was astonishingly strong.

"As expected of a madman, even the murderous aura emanating from him is so terrifying!"

The six-armed youth was startled. This 'madman' had come to his city after hunting down all the strongmen in the city.

For the past few days, he had not dared to confront the "madman" and had always kept his distance. Now that he felt he had enough points and that being killed would not affect his advancement, he finally came out to challenge him.

He was about to say something, but before he could speak, he noticed that nine thin, golden swords flew out from the dark golden staff behind Luo Feng. These nine golden swords naturally dispersed, and at the same time, the incredibly complex secret patterns on their blades began to flow with golden threads, connecting with each other.

"die!"

Luo Feng gave a low shout.

The voice was both violent and cold.

This is a characteristic of the Golden Horned Beast: although it is bloodthirsty and insane, it is also incredibly calm.

Having unleashed the full ferocity of the Golden Horned Beast, Luo Feng didn't bother to communicate with this person and immediately unleashed his ultimate move.

Although the six-armed youth was standing on a telekinetic weapon, he was actually a martial artist. Seeing Luo Feng make a move, he stopped talking nonsense.

Six long swords appeared in his hand, flashing with lightning, and he transformed into a bolt of lightning that rushed towards Luo Feng at lightning speed.

"boom--"

When the longsword touched the golden phantom sword, an extremely terrifying force surged forth, nearly causing the six-armed youth to fling his longsword away.

However, the six-armed youth who dared to challenge Luo Feng despite knowing that Luo Feng was using a telekinetic weapon was naturally extremely powerful.

"So what if you wield a divine weapon! Invincible among those of the same level?! Hmph!"

The six-armed youth roared, unleashing the primal laws of lightning, and his six longswords slashed wildly at the golden phantom sword. After a series of collisions, he actually managed to withstand the attack.

After shaking off the golden illusion sword, the six-armed youth charged towards Luo Feng with a sinister grin on his face.

As a mentalist, once a martial artist gets close, their fate is almost predictable.

"What! How is that possible!"

Halfway through the charge, the six-armed youth discovered that golden light had flown out from the dark golden round staff behind Luo Feng, transforming into two golden phantom swords.

He had to exert all his strength to deal with just a golden illusion sword, and even almost got injured!

Three paths?

We can completely crush him!

"Block it!"

The six-armed youth only had time to roar before he was pierced through by three golden illusion swords and turned into a pile of minced meat.

"While the wielder's divine weapon isn't invincible, killing you is still quite easy."

Luo Feng flew over the shattered corpse of the six-armed youth on the Dark Cloud Shuttle and murmured.

At the same time, the scene of fighting Qin Mu involuntarily came to mind. It was the same scene where he used the first level of the Divine Weapon, but he was completely suppressed.

"Not enough! I can become even stronger!"

His cold eyes revealed a strong fighting spirit.

……

72th World Zone.

Unlike the planetary cities where Qin Mu and Luo Feng reside, this place is modeled after a very famous building in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom—the "Planet Building".

The Planet Building is a towering mega-building that reaches into the clouds, covering a vast area.

The building was designed to house billions of people.

This structure is very special, especially since all its materials have been replaced with B9-grade alloys, making it exceptionally hard.

A total of 8.2 billion star-level powerhouses gathered in one building, which caused the battle to become extremely intense from the very beginning.

There was fighting everywhere, and corpses everywhere.

However, as time passed and most of the weaker contestants died, the battle shifted to the shadows.

Because the distance is too close and too many powerful figures have gathered, unless it is an invincible powerhouse like Qin Mu, the battle must be ended in a short time.

Otherwise, if it attracts the attention of other powerful individuals, it could easily be ambushed or attacked.

night.

The entire building was dark and gloomy. A black-haired man holding a long gun walked slowly and quietly down a huge corridor that was at least ten meters wide. The corridor was stained with blood and corpses were everywhere.

"It's been 28 days." Hong looked down at the screen on his wrist.

Participant: Hong (Black Dragon Mountain Empire)

Points: 2915563

Ranking: 236

"Fortunately, I had grasped the fundamental laws of light before participating in the qualifiers, otherwise such a battle would have been truly dangerous."

Hongdu was somewhat shocked when he recalled the initial battle.

It's terrifying to see 8.2 billion people fighting each other in a small space.

If he hadn't comprehended the fundamental laws of light, he would have hidden himself immediately, otherwise he would have been too easily killed.

However, after comprehending the fundamental laws of light and greatly increasing his strength, Hong, who believed himself to be strong enough, also participated in the initial chaotic battle.

So happy!

The exhilarating battle made Hong feel extremely happy.

But after the initial frenzied battle, everyone went into hiding, including Hong.

Although he had comprehended the fundamental law of light, there were many others in this building who had also comprehended the fundamental law. He had even fought with several of them, and he had even killed one of them!

"In the last two or three days, many strong players will fight tooth and nail to accumulate points. I'm already ranked 236th. As long as I survive to the end, I'll win."

Hong has always been a steady and reliable person. Apart from the initial battle, he later used the special properties of the light law to lie low and become the most dangerous hunter in the building.

Having been trained as an assassin since childhood, he is well-suited to this life-or-death elimination process.

"Someone's there?" Hong frowned.

Sensing a slight tremor in the ground, Hong stealthily crept over.

In the distance, a short martial artist, holding a short dagger, walked silently down the corridor.

"call out!"

Behind the short-statured martial artist, an invisible spear thrust out from the air.

"Someone's there!"

The short warrior hurriedly swung his short dagger in an attempt to block, but the terrifying force from the spear instantly knocked the dagger away from his hand.

"How is that possible!"

Looking down at the spear that had pierced his chest, the short warrior said in disbelief.

He wasn't surprised by the opponent's strength, but rather by the fact that he, as a hunter, had been ambushed!

He's always the one who ambushes others!

"The Hunter?!"

With a tremor of his spear, Hong completely extinguished the short martial artist's life force.

The short martial artist's senses were sharp enough to react to his sneak attack, but unfortunately, his strength was too weak and his domain was not powerful enough to withstand the attack.

If I hadn't comprehended the fundamental laws of light, killing him in this environment would have been quite troublesome.

However, after comprehending the fundamental laws of light, Hong was only discovered when he got within three meters of him.

This distance was far too close for Hong, who came from a background as an assassin!

With a single, all-out attack, he easily killed his opponent.

"Ranked 234th!"

Hong's body blurred for a moment and then disappeared again.

……

88 World Zone.

Unlike the city where Qin Mu and Luo Feng lived, and the super building where Hong lived, this place was a large mountain forest.

A bald young man wearing a white battle robe was standing halfway up a mountain in a range of rolling hills.

Before him stood a young, burly man, over three meters tall, with bare feet and messy hair, carrying a short knife and grinning at Thor.

"We're still stuck."

Thor looked on with a sigh.

These days, he's been trying to find ways to avoid this burly man.

There's no other reason than that this guy, nicknamed "Savage" and ranked "3rd" in the 88th World District, loves nothing more than hunting down strong individuals.

In recent days, countless powerful individuals have been hunted down by him, dying from the short hunting knife in his hand.

To this day, he has not met a single opponent!

At this moment, Thor didn't know whether to be happy or upset that he was being targeted by him.

"You are lightning?"

The savage grinned.

"That's right!"

Knowing there was no way to avoid it, Thor spoke without hesitation. Surrounded by bolts of lightning, his body blurred and seemed to create a hazy illusion as he approached the savage.

Even though I know I'm no match for them, since we've met, I have to fight them at least once, even if I have to run away!

"Very good! You actually dared to attack me first!"

The savage laughed loudly, strode forward, and slashed down with his hunting knife.

"Let me see what you're made of!"

Before the savage could finish speaking, the world seemed to vanish, and a short, incredibly fast and heavy blade came slashing down.

Thor suddenly raised the fifth-tier Force weapon, the Thunder Rift Blade, and all his insights into lightning were contained within it.

The Thunder Rune lit up, and the Thunder Rift Blade clashed violently with the savage's short sword.

boom--

Thor felt an almost irresistible force coming from the sword in his hand.

"So strong!"

Suppressing the tremors in his hand, Thor gripped the Thunderstrike Blade tightly. Using the power transmitted from the blade, Thor's body continued to fly backward.

If he hadn't activated the secret runes of the Thunder Rift Blade, which deflected some of the force, he probably wouldn't have been able to withstand even a single blow.

"Fortunately, I've sparred with that freak Qin Mu before. When that guy uses the second level of the Fire Wheel, his flaming blades are even faster and heavier than this!"

"This savage is beyond my capabilities, I must run!"

After sensing the savage's power, Thor knew he could not possibly be a match for him.

In mid-air, Thor's body suddenly turned, transforming into a bolt of lightning as he tried to escape.

"Trying to escape?"

The savage was instantly enraged, his body surrounded by earth-yellow energy, and his earth domain erupted!

Thor, who was fleeing, suddenly felt his body become extremely heavy and his speed decreased sharply.

However, Thor decisively slapped his body, spitting out a mouthful of blood. His blood and energy surged, and lightning enveloped his entire body. He escaped the domain at an even faster speed, using the surrounding environment as cover to quickly run into the distance.

"It's actually unaffected by my domain?"

The savage was somewhat stunned as he watched Thor unleash such a skillful burst of power and escape in an instant.

Although he didn't unleash his full power, how could an ordinary person easily escape the domain he had comprehended based on the fundamental laws of earth?

"Forget it, let him go. This Thor isn't very strong; he couldn't even withstand one of my strikes."

Watching the lightning disappear into the distance, the savage shook his head.

He's interested in hunting down powerful individuals; he wouldn't bother chasing after someone who might at most take a single blow from him.

"Damn, thank goodness they didn't catch up! Thank goodness, I've been utterly humiliated by Qin Mu's Earth Domain too many times!"

Having hidden himself in the mountains, Thor breathed a long sigh of relief as he watched the savages who were no longer chasing him.

He had fought Qin Mu several times, and each time he was easily defeated.

Thor was thinking, what should I do if I encountered such a strong opponent in the qualifiers?

A direct confrontation is impossible, so there is only one way.

escape!

Among martial artists of the same level, he comprehends the lightning law the fastest!

In the qualifiers, everyone has the same physical abilities, so the chances are even greater!

Therefore, Thor spent a lot of effort learning a secret technique for explosive power, which allows him to unleash all his power in an instant and greatly increase his speed for a short period of time.

However, after the outbreak, the aftereffects can be severe, leaving the person in a weakened state.

"That savage's earth domain is strong, but it's still quite a bit weaker than that freak Qin Mu's!"

"Thankfully, I've been beaten too many times! This level of domain can't suppress my explosive state."

"Currently ranked 936th, just trying to get through these next two days!"

"If you can get through this, you'll be able to participate in the arena battles, and you'll have a chance!"

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